Toy belt saddle



july 5, 1938. H BOBBIE 2,122,606

TOY BELT SADDLE Original Filed Oct. 22, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In veniorfliaz'a By Mm @Mm Aiiorneys July 5, 1938. H. L 135115 2,122,506

TOY BELT SADDLE Original Filed Oct. 22, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Aiiol neysPatented July 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October22, 1936, Serial No. 107,083 Renewed January 3, 1938 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a toy belt saddle for the use and enjoyment ofjuveniles, especially boys, in exercising or play action.

The object of the invention is to provide a childs play deviceespecially designed for playing cowboys and which is in the form of abronco saddle rig or harness to be saddled to the body and worn eitherwith or without chaps in simulation of a mounted cowman.

With the above objects in view, the invention consists of the novelarrangement, construction, and association of parts hereinafter morefully pointed out and described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

16 Figure 1 is a front elevation of the saddle rig or harness. v

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a detail view of the cantle of the saddle.

Figure 5 is a vertical cross section of the cantle, and

Figure 6 is a detail view of an auxiliary member or chap belt.

The bronco saddle rig or harness consists of a front member or saddlebow with horn 2 simulating the arched front of a typical western saddleand a cantle 3 corresponding to the protuberant part of the back of asaddle. Connecting the saddle bow and the cantle is a body belt composedof a pair of long straps 4-4' and a short strap 5; each of the longstraps being fastened by screws at one end within an opening in thesaddle bow and buckled at its other end to 5 the corresponding end ofthe short strap 5, the latter being threaded through loops 6 on the backface of the cantle and above the shoulder or ledge 1, as illustrated inFigure 4. The horn and the saddle bow may be made of one piece of 40metal or the saddle bow may be made of wood with a metal horse attachedthereto. In either event, the saddle bow is covered with leather,imitation leather, or fabrics. The cantle may be made either of wood ormetal or both and 45 covered with leather or fabric.

Connected with strap 4 and suspended therefrom by means of the straploops 8 is a shieldshaped member or skirt-chap 9 to which the outer orfront side ID of a leather gun holster 50 is shown. A similarly shapedskirt-chap H is likewise suspended from strap 4, and is provided with apocket I2. Each skirt-chap is provided on the inner side and adjacentits lower or pointed end with strap loops l3 through which 55 isthreaded a hold-down strap [4 to be buckled around the leg of the wearerand to prevent the skirt-chap from curling up or flaring out at itslower end.

The device thus constituted provides a saddle rig or harness which canbe easily adjusted to 5 the body of the wearer and which can be used,either by itself, or in connection with cowboy chaps. When used withchaps, however, the skirt-chap may be discarded as unnecessary and achap belt 15, such as shown in Figure 6, may 10 be substituted forstraps 4-4 and 5. The chap belt consists of a perforated tongue portiona and a buckle carrying portion b having eyelets I! at their respectiveinner ends through which a lace I 8 is threaded for separably connectingthe 15 portions of the belt. The chap belt is of a length to extend fromthe saddle bow I completely around the seat back or cantle 3 and toapply the same to the saddle rig or harness, the straps 4-4 and thestrap 5, together with the skirt chaps 9 and II are disconnected fromthe saddle bow and cantle. The chap belt I5 is then unlaced and theseparated portions connected to opposite sides of the saddle bow, theeyelet ends of the belt portions a and b being inserted into 25 theopenings in the sides of the saddle bow and being held fast by thescrews which formerly secured the straps 4-4' to the saddle bow.

Belts portions a and b, after being passed through the belt loops on thechaps (not shown) 30 and with the tongue portion at extending throughthe belt loop 6 of the cantle, are adapted to be buckled one to theother, around the body of the wearer.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A toy comprising a body harness including a saddle bow and a cantleconnected by a body belt.

2. A toy comprising a body harness including a saddle bow and a cantleconnected by a body belt, and chap members suspended from the body belt.

3. A toy comprising a body harness including a body belt, a member atthe front of the body belt simulating the arched front of a saddle, anda member at the back of the belt corresponding to the protuberance partof the back of a saddle.

4. A toy saddle rig or harness comprising a body belt, a saddle bow atthe front of the belt, a cantle at the back of the belt and dependingshield-shaped skirt-chaps at the sides of the belt and having legengaging straps at their respective lower ends.

HARRY LEONARD DOBBIE.

